Data-Centric Safety

Dr. Alastair Faulkner is a Consultant Engineer at Abbeymeade Limited. He has more than 30 years of experience in senior management and has specialist knowledge of data-centric systems. He specialises in system safety and systems engineering. He supports clients with business planning, execution, delivery, risk assessment and management. Dr. Mark Nicholson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of York. Dr. Nicholson has been researching and teaching courses in the area of system safety for 25 years. He is currently a member of the core team of the Assuring Autonomy International Programme (AAIP). Data forms a core part of the ability of Autonomous Systems to sense, understand, decide on actions and interact safely with their often highly open operating environment. His research interests include safety and certification of data and data paths, and modular systems including configuration of complex systems. He is also interested in how data safety can be linked to information systems and safety critical systems.

I. Data-Centric Safety
1. Introduction
2. System Safety Management
3. Challenges to Systems Engineering

II. Data-Centric Fundamentals
4. Data Fundamentals
5. Data-Centric Systems
6. System Context
7. System Definition

III. Data-Centric Design
8. Data-Centric Architecture
9. Development
10. Acceptance and Approval

IV. Operational Management and Maintenance
11. Operational Matters
12. Live Management and Control

V. Incident Investigation
13. Major Incident Response
14. Investigation Management
15. DCI Investigation Methods
16. Incident Investigation
17. Investigation Methodology Maturity
18. Analysis as Part of a DCI
19. Incident Report

VI. Data Safety Model
20. Data Safety Model
21. Using the DSM
22. Validation

VII. Application Areas
23. Autonomous Flight
24. Enterprise
25. Healthcare

VIII. References